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- Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
- Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 14, 2012 09:51 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured, Homepage
- How to Steer Clear of India’s Strict Internet Laws
- The arrest of two women in Mumbai for a Facebook post is the latest heavy-handed move by India’s government to curb what Indian citizens say on the Internet. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 30, 2012 10:13 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of Speech
- Why is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this? by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 05, 2012 07:06 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 17, 2013 01:01 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Openness, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
- Facebook, Google deny spying access
- The CEOs of Facebook and Google on Saturday categorically denied that the US National Security Agency had "direct access" to their company servers for snooping ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:18 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Report on CIS' Workshop at the IGF:'An Evidence Based Framework for Intermediary Liability'
- An evidence based framework for intermediary liability' was organised to present evidence and discuss ongoing research on the changing definition, function and ... by Jyoti Panday — last modified Sep 24, 2014 10:47 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance Forum, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
- Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
- The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM — Filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Privacy, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intellectual Property Rights, Piracy, Censorship, WIPO
- Panel discussion on 'How to Avoid Digital ID Systems That Put People at Risk: Lessons from Afghanistan' at Freedom Online Conference
- Amber Sinha participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on How to Avoid Digital ID Systems That Put People at Risk: Lessons from Afghanistan at the ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 03, 2021 02:52 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Digital ID, Internet Governance
- Debate: Online content row-1
- In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists Chandan Mitra, Editor-in-Chief, 'The Pioneer' & MP, BJP; Sabeer Bhatia, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2011 11:06 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Govt wants to scrub the Internet clean
- Web advocacy groups, experts say govt’s move to evolve content guidelines amounts to censorship. This article by Surabhi Agarwal & Leslie D’monte was published ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2011 04:07 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Facebook, Google tell India they won’t screen for derogatory content
- In the world’s largest democracy, the government wants Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google to screen and remove offensive content about ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2011 05:25 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row
- We are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 08, 2011 11:31 AM — Filed under: IT Act, Links, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Facebook, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
- India entering the Minority Report age?
- Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 10, 2011 06:40 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Perumal Murugan and the Law on Obscenity
- by Japreet Grewal — last modified Aug 09, 2016 01:01 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Hate Speech, Article 19(1)(a), Internet Governance
- Consilience 2019
- The Law and Technology Society at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore organised Consilience on May 25, 2019. by Admin — last modified Jun 05, 2019 07:25 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Online gag:Existing rules give little freedom
- Even as the controversy over Kapil Sibal's attempt to get internet giants such as Google and Facebook to prescreen user-generated content to weed out ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:42 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Freedom of Expression on the Internet : Possibilities and Challenges
- Sharat Chandra Ram was a speaker at an international seminar organized by Bolivar Technological University, Cartagena in Colombia on June 29, 2017. The theme ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2017 02:30 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- New rules leave social media users vulnerable: Experts
- They analyse the implications of the government vs Twitter controversy on individual privacy by Krupa Joseph — last modified Jun 14, 2021 11:27 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Media, Internet Governance
- The Legal Validity of Internet Bans: Part II
- In recent months, there has been a spree of bans on access to Internet services in Indian states, for different reasons. The State governments have relied on ... by Geetha Hariharan and Padmini Baruah — last modified Oct 08, 2015 11:17 AM — Filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Access, 69A, Section 144, Article 19(1)(a), Blocking
- Mobilising support for freedom on the Web
- A motion in the Rajya Sabha has sought annulment of the IT intermediary guidelines, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on April 22, 2012. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 25, 2012 11:02 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Expect anti-net censorship echo in house
- For the anti-Internet censorship movement in the country, hope is now in sight. Their fight against the intermediary provisions (section 79) of the IT laws, ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 25, 2012 11:07 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Campaign against curbs on websites gathers steam
- For political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and his blogger-cum-journalist friend Alok Dixit, who both ran a website against corruption, a tryst with the blind side ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 25, 2012 11:19 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Indian Porn Ban is Partially Lifted But Sites Remain Blocked
- The Indian government made a quick about-face on its order to block hundreds of pornography websites on Tuesday, partially lifting the ban after political ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 13, 2015 09:00 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Chilling Effect, Censorship
- India partially lifts Porn Ban?
- India is said to have partially removed the porn ban. But many internet service providers have refused to restore access, due to a 'vague' government order. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 20, 2015 06:30 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Indian net service providers too play censorship tricks
- The study by a Canadian university has found that some major Indian ISPs have deployed web-censorship and filtering technology. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 13, 2013 04:20 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Hate speech: ban or ignore?
- The Social Network discusses the hate speeches: whether they should be banned or ignored. Why does the state take action against some and not against some ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 13, 2013 09:40 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Censorship
- Freedom of Expression Gagged
- The use of law to bully people into silence, called ‘heckler’s veto’, is not unique to India, writes Chinmayi Arun in this op-ed published in Business Line on ... by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Feb 18, 2013 08:55 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: country perspectives
- This blog post is fourth in a series of eight blog posts to report on the “Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression” recently ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 23, 2013 12:10 PM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
- The Future of the Internet, Who Should Govern It and What is at Stake for You?
- Internet and Mobile Association of India, Cellular Operators Association of India, Internet Democracy project, Media for Change, SFLC and the Centre for ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 12, 2014 11:12 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Event, Internet Governance
- Kashmir’s information vacuum
- Legislative backing is being appropriated to normalise communication shutdowns. by Aayush Rathi and Akriti Bopanna — last modified Sep 02, 2019 04:34 AM — Filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
